Senior .NET & AKS Engineer

Job Title: Senior .NET & AKS Engineer
Tax Term: W2/1099 Only
Location: Fully Remote
Employment Type: Contract

About us

Conglomerate IT is a certified and a pioneer in providing premium end-to-end Global Workforce Solutions and IT Services to diverse clients across various domains. Visit us at ConglomerateIT.com

Our mission is to establish global cross culture human connections that further the careers of our employees and strengthen the businesses of our clients. We are driven to use the power of global network to connect business with the right people without bias. We provide Global Workforce Solutions with affability.

We are seeking a skilled engineer with strong hands-on experience in AKS, .NET (Core / .NET 6+), RESTful microservices, and CI/CD pipelines. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in distributed environments, understands containerized workloads, and can build and support scalable cloud-native applications.

About the Role
In this position, you will work on designing, deploying, and supporting microservices-based applications running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). You will develop high-performance .NET APIs, optimize distributed systems, and collaborate on Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. The role involves troubleshooting complex issues across services, ensuring smooth deployments, and enhancing reliability and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and administer AKS components, including deployments, replica sets, pods, services, secrets, and ingress controllers.
Configure and support HPA (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler) and ensure smooth communication flows between network layers.
Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices using .NET Core / .NET 6+ frameworks.
Implement and maintain solutions using Entity Framework Core, dependency injection, and asynchronous programming best practices.
Monitor and troubleshoot distributed systems and application performance, including tooling support with AppDynamics.
Contribute to and support CI/CD processes, working with Azure DevOps to build and optimize deployment pipelines.

Qualifications & Skills

Strong hands-on experience with AKS (deployments, replica sets, pods, services, secrets, ingress controllers).
Working knowledge of HPA and networking flow between services.
Proven expertise in .NET Core / .NET 6+ and RESTful microservices architecture.
Familiarity with Entity Framework Core, asynchronous programming, dependency injection, and AppDynamics.
Ability to debug and troubleshoot distributed applications.
Experience with CI/CD and pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Founded in 2014, is a global leader in delivering innovative IT solutions and services. Headquartered in the USA with a presence in the UK, Canada, and India, we specialize in offering industry-leading expertise and cutting-edge products that help our clients maximize their technological investments. Our focus on best-in-class solutions, a highly knowledgeable team, and proactive talent mapping ensure we remain at the forefront of the IT industry.

ConglomerateIT is driven by our Center for Excellence and Innovation, an initiative dedicated to keeping us ahead in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We understand that building strong relationships is key to our success, and this commitment has enabled us to partner with Fortune 500 companies and leading system integrators worldwide. Our ability to provide local talent on a global scale ensures that we can meet the contingent project requirements of our clients efficiently and effectively.